Silent Witness

1: An individual who witnesses a crime who does not speak up out of the fear that either their family or themselves may be attacked in retaliation for speaking up
2: An individual who reports a crime, who chooses to remain anonymous when doing so to avoid being identified and forced to testify about the crime
A silent witness just reported the murder of an unidentified person on Montuyoc Avenue.
by Vanguard 1998 March 18, 2021
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Alucard's game

When an individual crosses ethical lines they would normally not cross because they possess a strong desire to make the world a better place for both people and or other life forms to live in
Lisa: Kaid, why did you take those documents from Harold's office earlier? You taking things that don't belong to you without consent is wrong.
Kaid: Those documents indicated Harold was stealing some of the products we are producing. We need to show them to our supervisor, so it can be handled appropriately and prevent this from happening again. I'm playing Alucard's game. I know it was wrong to take them without telling him, but we can't just let him get away with this.

Lisa: Agreed...
by Vanguard 1998 July 27, 2022
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Aka. A.C.R.P. When an individual is only romantically attracted to people who don’t want and or have children
Jenifer is only interested in dating people who don’t want to have children because she does not want have to go through the stressful process of raising kids. She has an Anti-child romantic preference.
by Vanguard 1998 April 11, 2021
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aka. P.A.S.P.; When an individual is only sexually attracted to people of the same political identity as they are
Joana is a Democrat who has a politically aligned sexual preference; meaning she is only sexually attracted to people who also identify as being democrats.
by Vanguard 1998 April 03, 2021
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Politically woke

When an individual is fully aware of what is happening in the government and society, what various individuals, organizations, businesses, social movements, and political parties’ agendas, beliefs, and actions are on numerous policy issues, as well as understanding how these beliefs and activities can affect them, their family, community, and certain minority groups in society and mobilizing socially, financially, and politically when needed in effort correct actions that are unreasonably discriminatory towards certain groups in the name of social justice. These actions include doing things such as attending protests and marches, signing petitions, calling out people, organizations, and businesses for performing biased actions, etc. It is important to note that people who are politically woke tend to be liberals and generally speaking will only mobilize on issues that are considered to be part of the social justice.
Lexy is aware of what is happening in the government, including what certain political leaders are up to. She has mobilized on many occasions to try to correct social and political wrongs committed by the government, certain celebrities, and organizations. For the most part, she only mobilizes on issues related to gender equality, LGBTQ rights, and racial equality. She considers herself to be politically woke. (The Giphy chosen for this word shows a movement that uses this idea a lot: the Black Lives Matter movement)
by Vanguard 1998 November 12, 2021
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political shadow

1. A government employee whose job is not viewed to be particularly important by most of the people who don’t work for the government that run into them, but their role plays an important function in keeping the government running efficiently and effectively. Usually, their employer or the individual/s who run the department or agency, because of their position in the government, work in the public spotlight, while political shadows tend to work more in the background, or in other words in the shadows, where they are seldom noticed by the general public. Often times these people either work in jobs where they don't deal with people that often, or they work in jobs where they deal with people frequently, but their role is frequently viewed as being less important than the role held by their employer.
2. The political impact an individual or group has on the world around them
1. Dave is a political shadow. He is a policy analysist who works for the U.S. Representative Aderholt. Most of the people who encounter him don't think his role is anywhere near as important as the role his employer has in the U.S. Government; yet without Dave, the policies would not be written that well and may not be as effective in achieving what the law was intended to do. Hence, he plays a very important role in ensuring the government operates in an effective manner.
2: Alexandra has a large political shadow because of the large number of Black Lives Matter protests and women's marches she has attended over the past four to five years; along with the numerous times she has lobbied political officials on various issues related to gender equality, gun control, racial justice, education, and the Covid-19. She has a very large political impact on the world around her.
by Vanguard 1998 March 20, 2021
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Results-Based Investment

Abbreviated: R.B.I.; An approach to investing where an individual offers to invest, or donate, money, resources, and or provide information to a business or organization, but before the organization can get anything from the investor, they are given some objectives by the potential investor who expects them to make significant progress towards completing them and or complete some of them by a certain point in time before they are willing to invest or donate in their organization or business
Results-Based Investment can be a very useful tool for various individuals and or organizations working to promote social change in society, because it allows them to pressure certain businesses and organizations into taking certain stances on specific social issues and or change policies that are harmful and or unreasonably discriminatory against certain populations.
by Vanguard 1998 March 08, 2021
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